The-Leader_1966-08-25

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FRBEPOHT. N. v.. TmiIlSDA.Y. AUGUST 25.1966 "«li»"»»
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| N E W S & VIEWS
I •: ' . . BY - , '
I EDDIE VASIL
iS- N. Y. flfetw/wpi-ir Reporttr* Auo,
'X Nathiftal t^rfss Syndicnte
^J, Liiwn to ihr "|-;ni)lE VASIL SHOW"
I; On WTHl-; 132» on ihc Dial
WUh'oul or with oflenie to Wends or foei—.,
I a!t#teh ?o«r world estacily as it gomir—Byron
MAKING THE ROUNDS . . . Big jjuiront ellraclion on Wood-cleft
Aire. Iheae dajrs is the 5000 lb. "Mvelerv Anchor" which was
• brought in by CAPT. PHIL EHSHAHT. (In l»onl of Ehrhaifi
»t 2 « Wooddeft Ave.). The big anchor b being studied and
believed to be part of a real old sailing ehip, <CaughJ about 4
mlJes sotithwest of the Jonei Beech Tower) . . . Small World
I>ept.j Ace legal-eagle MATTHEW CHESS (Buckley & Buckley
law firm) decided fo ttke a vacation away from hix bu»y court
schedule wifli criminal-negligeace cases and retreated to hl»
J summer home in the Gloucester, Masi., area. The iiist -persons
he met wai another Freeport legal-eagle, JUDGE *ED FBBBD-MAH
and his charming "Ros" . . . Did you know that a woman
who was maxrled J* one of the ailMonelre Greek shipping tycoon
ONASiSIS OLAH now lives on Southslde Ave.? . . .Rumor
- ;jurowii(l.;that;Ai._:GRpyEB, 'ytm Klny-of •BoMlj»t/?:,hou.iftif.tihe- ^
• 'Jrish P«iriao;n..*w«.ih©.Wf)rldVF«fte''ittid;win'i*
aiestauraiit and tourist attraction on Woodcloft AvC'i.'^'E'i^ee!* '';
pott's STEVE StJHSTEK, whose. Dad, Iha Wg-time PR and »d-verttsliigexp^^
wasnmned. a special assistant to the Rockefeller
cainpalgn,' opened a moat unusual '• ataim named "Aquatic Dia^
.plays" at .4S West Sunrise Hwy;'(It's the only kind in the"
world and exhibits most unuit(al and exotic lish from all parti
of the, world}, , , . • .
' • , ' • • ^ ' ' • -.
EDDIETOE'S NOTES:. , . District Court JUDGF RAY WILKES,
whose magniUcient stentorian vofce with its we!i ;flbdulated tones
. (Uontinucd oni page 4) .' .
SCHOOL BOARD SIGHS
TEACHERS AGREEMENT
ANK SOMERS EXCtUin
AS "m-TI AMBASSADOR"
Pli'oto above showsi Hugh Erwin, President of the Board of Education of Freepoift, ofrtoiaiiy sign­ing
the Profess|9^I. Efegoilstions Agreement with the Fre.eport Teachers Ass'n, on Monday night,
August a. Mr. .£r#ln is shown signing the document. Pictured Above, |L. to R. staadingi are Dr.
Fishman, Board member? Ed Schenkel, ChalrMin of the Pjoiessional Hegoliationa Committeei
. Mrs. Margaret Belment, Pros, of the Freeport Teichors Ass'n.r Chrlilopher Warrall. Acting Supt.
of Schools, Mr. McAndrews. Board member} Bil Sehade. Vice-Pres, ol the Board of Education
and James .CrlsaiulU. Past-Pres. of the Teaehew Ast'n, (Not present when the photo was taken
were Mr. S. J. Marra. Board member .and Ever ^tt Adams, CommiiJoe member),
(Photo by Oseui's Studio)
Al B. WHITE TO
ADDRESS CHAMBER
AI B. White, colorful Froo-portor,
former vaudeville head-liner
and owner of iba roilaurBnl
hearing his name, will be the
Guest Speaker at the weekly
Luncheon Meeting of the Free-port
Chamber of CaiaunerM which
will be Mid f!iun^y„ Aug. ^ 2$,
at the AlB. Whtisi RMiaufsnl.
Inside Freeport
Frank Somen (standing), valsran CBS-TV. marutivn, {• pie-'
tured.wben he appeared as a special guest, speaket af srecest'
Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Meeting. Uri Somtis gaeW'
.. an informaliva and - interesting talk on thst behind-th^^cenee
, prapanition of « CBS-TV color spectacular,
• Fte?pogrt is fortunate in,the fact that many of the most prom*
inent pereonaiities in business, industry, sport?, finance and show-business
call it their home-town.
These,'include giants in every field of endeavor in the'Big
.Town, yjet-hew/they-aie out neighbors,friends,-club members and.
. Village-Jstfftji^fe-t.. - ."J"?** Hiegu-j—;;— '
.af W<^.?. "• ."'-'. >"- "-•"'• j-with' -wfaichc tliesr, arc aaociaftd
Thec<»npania»octc(»poTatiims' - (Continued ott-page-4}
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Special Note For
Program Ghairman
; Of Hpertf impprtancQ iq pro­gram
cbalnnen Is the new^ note
that illustrated tallts by prom­inent
members of the Nassau
County March of Dimes Speak-iet's
Bureau'are now available to
isociai; teligioua, fraternal and
community organizations. •
A stimulating and enlightening
program ha» been prepared to
outline the work of the March
of Dimes with special emphesla
placed on community work and
how It effects Nassau C/Amty
residents, announced Edwttd. R.
Yamin, (^airman of tKe South
Siiore Ch&pter. '
• For further information .con-cetniiig
tbesf! taliu- Cyhidi are
pnsentedat'QO diarg^'of cotirse)
^g^UUL'U^icb ofrI>haa«9 at 24ft-by
Edward A. Vasil
A HEW I'ARTYf . . . Many rumors drculating that JULIO^
GEBZOF is the brains behind the start of a new polbicol party '
in Freeport planning to enler candidates for the toro trustee
•pots which will be open next March . . . The VILLAqE PARTY
touched off the historic Gerozof Opposition, when ilxkanged the--"
.aparlmenl house zoning rulej and regulations in 1951 , . . Ho
.was one of the strongest,;obje^itors . . . fllaco then he has led
many legal ::etl«cle»» against "th» Sweeney Adminhitretioniinr-duillng
the widely-publlelwid "Nordberg Generasoi Case"
whteh is still In the coiJiis.
• '» •
PEOPLE AND PLACES . . , DICK CUBBAN, vacationing in his.
family fnunmcr home. in Southold, reports iliut he hopcst to be
through with Hie facl-flnding phase of the Freeport Apartment
House Study In 3 morejneetings. Then the fcommittoo will eubinit
tecommendations to the Village Board . . , Don't believe any rumors*
about a split between HBNHY SPITZLER (Phinning I«ord Chair-,
man) and the Village Party officials just because he is a. strong
Individualist and pulls Mgliupcljes in stating hia heliefci. (After all,
v/ho would want hlih to fci'll-rubber stamp?) . . . By the way.
don't be suiprlwd if action Is taken to rcyerae the.'/N3 Press Ad-.,
fniss'lon Rule" to the Apartment House Studx Comiijlttee meet- :
uings ", . - Rellahle Town sources tell us that plans are now beln|;
%iflde to create a small waterfront pari* ort Town-owied lend nt;
the head oi Freeport River. (MIH Road). This is very piett^que;.
and a "natural setiing.'' It's located opposite Hanse Psrk^wWcb 1»
jiow'being improved with culverts, etc., prior to bcou-lflcaOon by
MAWIE MESSING'S PARK COMMISSION. This will merge with
the.pttnned Senior Citiaena IVi million dollar project which wa» -
(Continued on page 4)
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